Job Description
Role - HR Generalist - Maternity cover
Job Type: Fixed Term Contract (12 months)
Location: Dublin/ Hybrid working
Who are we?
We’re Standard Life, a retirement specialist focused entirely on retirement savings and income. We champion the belief that everyone’s journey to and through retirement can be better, and for more than 200 years, we’ve been helping our customers plan and prepare for their financial futures.
Life today is increasingly complicated, uncertain and unpredictable. People move through different careers, face unexpected moments and navigate important choices. We offer our colleagues flexibility, trust and benefits that work for whatever life brings. In return we expect curiosity, connection, accountability and high standards. We make room for what matters - so you can bring your best, every day.
The role
We’re recruiting for an experienced HR Generalist/Administrator (Maternity Cover) to join our HR Team. If you love variety, enjoy supporting people and want to make a real impact across the full HR lifecycle, this could be a fantastic opportunity.
What are we looking for?
- Provide administrative support within the HR Team across a variety of administrative activities to ensure all stakeholders receive a professional and consistent service.
- Manage HR mailboxes and Service Requests.
- Process employee benefits such as the Study Sponsorship, Cycle to Work scheme etc.
- Support and coordinate the onboarding process for new starters.
- Preparation of monthly payroll inputs.
- Identify issues or areas for improvement within existing processes and highlight to appropriate stakeholders.
- Promote compliant behaviours in others when maintaining and updating HR systems and data in the support of HR Function activities.
- Build and maintain relationships with key internal customers and external third parties.
- Ensure best use of resource and skill development by working flexibly across the range of administrative tasks performed in the function.
- Partner with the members of the HR Team on ad hoc projects as required.
About You
An enthusiastic self-starter who is organised, adaptable and comfortable working in a fast-paced environment. You’ll bring:
- 2 years+ experience within HR Administration
- Good knowledge of HR processes and employment legislation
- Excellent communication and relationship-building skills.
- Ability to multitask, prioritise, and solve problems independently.
- High attention to detail with a collaborative, can-do approach
- CIPD qualification (Level 5 or above) or working towards it is desirable but not essential.
- Excellent PC skills including a detailed working knowledge of MS Applications – Word, Excel and PowerPoint.
We want to hire the whole version of you.
We are committed to ensuring that everyone feels accepted and welcome applicants from all backgrounds. If your experience looks different from what we’ve advertised and you believe that you can bring value to the role, we’d love to hear from you.
If you require any adjustments to the recruitment process, please let us know so we can help you to be at your best.
We’re reviewing applications as they come in, so apply early to avoid missing out.
We value diversity in our workforce and welcome enquiries from everyone.
